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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 15, 2021Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 January 2021384,525 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
384,525 km238,933 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 05:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 13, 202105:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 20, 202121:02

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2021 to the new moon of February 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.59 days.